A
report on Joystiq says a MechWarrior movie is "in development" at Michael
Eisner's The Tornante Company, quoting that "source" guy who is responsible for
so many rumors. They explain how the former Disney boss' new company got the
rights to do this by acquiring Topps, who had previously acquired WizKids, who
owned FASA. You may recall back in 2003 that there was news of
preliminary plans for a MechWarrior movie involving Dean Devlin and creative
input from Jordan Weisman, but presumably those plans died on the vine at some
point.